Error

• introductory overview --
  
  "To Err is Science" [presented at AAAS, 2000, Washington DC]. Excerpt reprinted in The Independent (London), February 25, 2000
  
  Allchin, D. 2004. "Error and the Nature of Science." ActionBioscience [online].

  profile of the epistemic goal and Error Analytics --
  

  "The Epistemology of Error" [Philosophy of Science Assoc., Vancouver, 2000]

  diagnosing errors and error probes --
  

  Allchin, D. 2001. "Error Types." Perspectives on Science 9:38-59.

  past error as an investigative tool --
  

  "Error Repertoires"

  error as "positive" knowledge --
  

  Allchin, D. 1999. "Negative Results as Positive Knowledge, and Zeroing In on Significant Problems." Marine Ecology Progess Series 191:303-305.

  more diagnostic tools for Kuhnian episodes --
  

  "Anomalies in Ox Phos: Six of One Theory, a Half-Dozen of Another" [ISHPSSB, Guelph, July, 2005]

  role of falsification --
  

  "Wallowing in the Wastebin" [review of John Losee's Theories on the Scrap Heap]. Science 311: 781-782 (February 10, 2006).
  

  "Accommodation of Prediction?" [letter]. Science 308:1409-1410 (June 3, 2005).

  case study of large scale error --
  

  Allchin, D. 1997. "A 20th-Century Phlogiston: Constructing Error and Differentiating Domains." Perspectives on Science 5: 81-127. [6MB download]
  

  Resolving Disagreement in Science [book in progress].

  serial case study --
  

  Allchin, D. 2002. "To Err and Win a Nobel Prize: Paul Boyer, ATPase and the Emergence of Bioenergetics." Journal of the History of Biology 35:149-172.

  error and science education --
  

  "How School Science Lies" [presented at the 5th Intl. Hist. Phil. Sci. Teaching Conf., Como, Italy, 1999].

  more on science ed --
  

  Allchin, D. 2004. "Error and the Nature of Science." ActionBioscience [online].

Other Philosophy of Science

• comparative (cross-cultural) philosophy of science --
  
  Allchin, D. 1996. "Points East and West: Acupuncture and Comparative Philosophy of Science," Philosophy of Science 63: S107-S115. Reprinted in Philosophies of Science, Jennifer McErlean (ed.), Wadsworth (2000).

  socialized epistemology --
  

  Allchin, D. 1999. "Do We See Through a Social Microscope?: Credibility as a Vicarious Selector." Philosophy of Science 60(Proceedings): S287-S298. [presented at PSA, 1998]
  

  Allchin, D. 1999. "Thinking about Technology and the Technology of 'Thinking About'." Techne 5:7-17.
  

  "The Gender of Boyle's Law"

  gender & science --
  

  "The Gender of Boyle's Law"

  capstone experiments --
  

  Allchin, D. 1996. "Cellular and Theoretical Chimeras: Piecing Together How Cells Process Energy," Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 27: 31-41.

  paradigms as problem-fields; tests versus demonstrations --
  

  Allchin, D. 1992. "How Do You Falsify a Question?: Crucial Tests v. Crucial Demonstrations," PSA 1992 1:74-88.

  disagreement and domains --
  

  Allchin, D. 1997. "A 20th-Century Phlogiston: Constructing Error and Differentiating Domains." Perspectives on Science 5: 81-127. [6MB download]

  Allchin, D. 1996. "Cellular and Theoretical Chimeras: Piecing Together How Cells Process Energy," Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 27: 31-41.

  Allchin, D. 1992. "Phlogiston After Oxygen," Ambix 39: 110-116.

History

• James Hutton --
  Allchin, D. 1994. "James Hutton and Phlogiston," Annals of Science 51: 615-35.
  Allchin, D. 1997. "James Hutton and Coal." Cadernos IG/UNICAMP 7:167-183.

  Chemical Revolution

  Allchin, D. 1992. "Phlogiston After Oxygen," Ambix 39: 110-116.

  see also on James Hutton

  Ox Phos Controversy --
  

  Allchin, D. 1992. "How Do You Falsify a Question?: Crucial Tests v. Crucial Demonstrations," PSA 1992 1:74-88.

  Allchin, D. 1994. "The Super-Bowl and the Ox-Phos Controversy: Winner-Take-All Competition in Philosophy of Science," in PSA 1994 1:22-33.

  Allchin, D. 1996. "Cellular and Theoretical Chimeras: Piecing Together How Cells Process Energy," Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 27: 31-41.

  Allchin, D. 1997. "A 20th-Century Phlogiston: Constructing Error and Differentiating Domains." Perspectives on Science 5: 81-127. [6MB download]

  Allchin, D. 2002. "To Err and Win a Nobel Prize: Paul Boyer, ATPase and the Emergence of Bioenergetics." Journal of the History of Biology 35:149-172.

  Non-Western Science --
  

  Allchin, D. and DeKosky, R. (eds.). 1999. A Guide to History of Science in Non-Western Traditions (Seattle, WA: History of Science Society).

  biographical --
  

  "Efraim Racker." New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2007.
  

  "Albert Szent-Györgyi." New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2007.
  

  "Albert Lester Lehninger." New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2007.
  

  "Alex B. Novikoff." New Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 2007.

History, Philosophy and Sociology in Science Education -- General

• Allchin, D. 2002. "Tapping into the Pulse of History." ActionBioscience (online).
• Wivagg, D. & D. Allchin. 2002. "The Dogma of 'The' Scientific Method." American Biology Teacher 64:484-485.
• Allchin, D. 2004. "Appreciating Classic Experiments." In Carolyn Schofield (ed.), 2004-2005 Professional Development for AP Biology. New York: College Entrance Examination Board.
• Allchin, D. 2004. "Error and the Nature of Science." ActionBioscience [online].
• Allchin, D. 2003. "Scientific Myth-Conceptions." Science Education 87: 329-351.
• Allchin, D. 2004. "Should the Sociology of Science Be Rated X?" Science Education 88: 934-946.
• Allchin, D. 2001. "Kettlewell's Missing Evidence, a Study in Black and White." Journal of College Science Teaching 31:240-245.
• "How School Science Lies" [presented at the 5th Intl. Hist. Phil. Sci. Teaching Conf., Como, Italy, 1999].
• "Teaching Science Lawlessly" (HTML) [hybrid of previous & "The Gender of Boyle's Law"] [presented July 2006]
• ICHS 2005 (Beijing): "Points East and West: Acupuncture and Teaching the Cultural Contexts of Science"
• Allchin, D. 1997. "Rekindling Phlogiston: From Classroom Case Study to Interdisciplinary Relationships," Science & Education 6(#5).
• Allchin, D. 1999. "Values in Science: An Educational Perspective." Science & Education 8:1-12. Reprinted pp.185-196 in Science, Education and Culture: The Role of History and Philosophy of Science, Fabio Bevilaqua, Enrico Giannetto and Michael Matthews (eds.), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers; adaptation reprinted in International Handbook of Science Education, B.J. Fraser and K.G. Tobin (eds.), 2:1083-1092, Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Allchin, D. 1996. "Teaching Respect for Life." HSUS/NABT Symposium on the Dissection Controversy, Charlotte, NC (unpublished presentation).
   
  Respect for Historical Context:
• Allchin, D. 2000. "How Not to Teach Historical Case Studies in Science." Journal of College Science Teaching 30:33-37. [variant text]. Reprinted in The Pantaneto Forum 7 (July). URL: www.pantaneto.co.uk/issue7/allchin.htm.
• Allchin, D. 2004. "Pseudohistory and Pseudoscience." Science and Education 13: 179-195.
• Allchin, D. 2003. "Lawson's Shoehorn, or Should the Philosophy of Science Be Rated X?" Science and Education 12: 315-329.
• Allchin, D. 2006. "Why Respect for History—and Historical Error—Matters." Science & Eduction 15:91-111.

History, Philosophy and Sociology in Science Education -- Cases

• Hagen, J., Allchin, D. and Singer, F. 1996. Doing Biology (Glenview, IL: Harper- Collins).
• Allchin, D. 2001. "Kettlewell's Missing Evidence, a Study in Black and White." Journal of College Science Teaching 31:240-245.
• Allchin, D. 2000. "Mending Mendelism." American Biology Teacher 62:632-639.
• Allchin, D. 1999. "The Tragedy and Triumph of Minamata." American Biology Teacher 61(June): 413-19. [variant text]
• Allchin, D. 1993. "Of Squid Hearts and William Harvey," The Science Teacher 60(#7): 26-33.
• Allchin, D. 1999. "Teaching Darwin Seriously: Addressing Evolution and Ethics." American Biology Teacher 61(May): 350-355.
• Allchin, D. 2005. "Discovering the Self." In Carolyn Schofield (ed.), 2005-2006 Professional Development for AP Biology. New York: College Entrance Examination Board.
• Allchin, D. 1997. "Rekindling Phlogiston: From Classroom Case Study to Interdisciplinary Relationships," Science & Education 66:473-509.
• "Of Rice and Men" [adapted from Doing Biology] online
• "Points East and West" [adapted from Doing Biology] online.
  Added commentary in Allchin, D. 1995. "Points East and West: Acupuncture and Teaching the Cultural Contexts of Science." In F. Finley, D. Allchin, D. Rhees and S. Fifield (eds.), Proceedings, Third International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference (Minneapolis, MN, 1995), 1:23-32.

Sacred Bovines (column for American Biology Teacher)

• "William Harvey and Capillaries" (Jan., 2005) 67:56-59.
• "Genes 'R' Us" (April, 2005) 67:.244-246.
• "Hands-Off Dissection?" (Aug., 2005) 67:369-374.
• "Male, Female, and/or --?" (Aug., 2006)
• "Was Darwin a Social Darwinist?" (Jan. 2007)
• "Social Un-Darwinism" (Feb. 2007)
• "An Unfitting Analogy" (Mar. 2007)
• "Monsters and Marvels" (Nov.-Dec. 2007)
• "Monsters and the Tyranny of Normality" (Feb. 2008)
• "Marxism and Cell Biology" (forthcoming, 2008)
• "Nobel Ideals and Nble Errors" (forthcoming, 2008)
• "Celebrating Darwin's Errors" (forthcoming, Jan. 2009)

Biology

Dominance

• Allchin, D. 2005. "The Dilemma of Dominance." Biology and Philosophy 20:427-451.
• Allchin, D. 2002. "Dissolving Dominance." In Mutating Concepts, Evolving Disciplines: Genetics, Medicine and Society, L. Parker and R. Arkeny, eds., Kluwer.
• Allchin, D. 1999. "Mendel's Mistake?" BioQuest Notes 9(2): 1-7.

• Allchin, D. 1992. "Simulation and Analysis of Information-Center Foraging," Behaviour 122: 288-305.

Values

• competition --
  
  "Letter of the day: One winner? It doesn't have to be that way." Star Tribune (May 2006).
  
  Allchin, D. 1994. "The Super-Bowl and the Ox-Phos Controversy: Winner-Take-All Competition in Philosophy of Science," in PSA 1994 1:22-33.
  
  "The Gender of Boyle's Law"

  Allchin, D. 1996. "Teaching Respect for Life." HSUS/NABT Symposium on the Dissection Controversy, Charlotte, NC (unpublished presentation).

  "Save the mice!" Minnesota Daily (Dec. 14, 1999).

  Allchin, D. 1999. "Values in Science: An Educational Perspective." Science & Education 8:1-12. Reprinted pp.185-196 in Science, Education and Culture: The Role of History and Philosophy of Science, Fabio Bevilaqua, Enrico Giannetto and Michael Matthews (eds.), Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers; adaptation reprinted in International Handbook of Science Education, B.J. Fraser and K.G. Tobin (eds.), 2:1083-1092, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

  ecological hubris
  

  Allchin, D. 1999. "The Tragedy and Triumph of Minamata." American Biology Teacher 61(June): 413-19. [variant text]

  technological hubris
  

  Allchin, D. 1999. "Thinking about Technology and the Technology of 'Thinking About'." Techne 5:7-17.

  evolution and ethics
  

  "Morality Sans Fitness: Aesthetics and Reframing the Problem of Evolutionary Ethics"
  

  Allchin, D. 2006. "Evolution and the Biology of Morality." Reports of the National Center for Science Education. 25(3-4): 31-34.

Teaching as a Scholarly Activity

• Goodyear, G. and Allchin, D. 1998. "Statements of Teaching Philosophy." To Improve the Academy 17:103-121.
• See also Teaching Portfolio Handbook [website at the Univ. of Texas at El Paso].